A 90-YEAR-OLD SHOREWOOD WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER A DUPLEX FIRE NEAR KENSINGTON AND MURRAY. AS WISN 12 NEWS' MARIANNE LYLES REPORTS ...FIREFIGHTERS FOUND JEANNE TAGGETT LYING HALF IN A COAT CLOSET OFF THE KITCHEN WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. THIS RESPONSE FROM THE NORTH SHORE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTLED CARLA BOECHLER AROUND 9 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CARLA BOECHLER: I WAS IN BED AND I HEARD THE SIREN COMING AND I KNEW IT WAS CLOSE. BOECHLER LOOKED OUTSIDE OF HER SHOREWOOD HOME NEAR MURRAY AND KENSINGTON. BOECHLER: THERE WAS SMOKE AND I DON'T KNOW THERE WERE PROBABLY 3 FIRE TRUCKS PARKED HERE AND IT WAS ALL LIT UP. A FIRE STARTED IN THE BACK AREA BY A KITCHEN. FIREFIGHTERS SAY A 90-YEAR- OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND IN THE DOWNSTAIRS UNIT. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. MARIANNE LYLES; THE FIRE WAS MOSTLY IN THE FIRST FLOOR, BACK OF THE HOME. THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING UPSTAIRS AND FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY. LIEUTENANT DAN TYK TOLD ME THOSE UPSTAIRS RESIDENTS GOT WARNING. BELOW -- A DIFFERENT STORY. LT. DAN TYK: IT DOESN'T APPEAR THERE WERE ANY WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS. WE DID LOCATE DURING THE INVESTIGATION ONE SMOKE DETECTOR JUST OUTSIDE OF FIRST FLOOR WITH A BATTERY IN IT, BUT IT DIDN'T APPEAR IT WAS FUNCTIONING AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. SO TYK'S REMINDER ... LT. DAN TYK: THIS WEEKEND AS PEOPLE GO TO MOVE THEIR CLOCKS, TAKE A MOMENT CHECK THE SMOKE DETECTOR. ALSO CHANGE THE BATTERIES -- SO YOU'LL HEAR THE WARNING THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. IN SHOREWOOD MARIANNE LYLES WISN 12 NEWS. FIREFIGHTERS RECOMMEND SMOKE DETECTORS ON EVERY FLOOR AND INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF EVERY